SSM Health Care invests $141,000 to open fourth urgent care

SSM Health Care on Monday opened the doors to its fourth urgent care center. Patients could be seen at the new location, at 1551 Wall St. in St. Charles.

SSM Health Care invested $141,000 to renovate the facility, which will be open seven days a week, including most holidays.

The health system opened its first urgent care facility in the area in 2012, also in St. Charles.

So far in 2013, the health system has been on a streak of opening urgent care facilities: The new center on Wall Street in St. Charles is the third it has opened this year. It's a larger trend in St. Louis and nationwide.

Total Access Urgent Care will open its fifth location by the end of the year.

SSM Health Care is a Catholic, nonprofit health care system with operations in four states. It reported an operating income of $58.2 million in 2012 and operating revenue of $3.3 billion. William Thompson is president and CEO of SSM Health Care.